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About Nina Stibbe

Nina left Leicestershire for London as a teenager and after two years as a nanny she studied Humanities at Thames Polytechnic.

After graduating in 1987, she worked for a while in a Camden frock shop.

In 1990 she began a career in book publishing, working in various departments before becoming a commissioning editor at Routledge.

In 2002 she moved to Cornwall with her partner and children where she now writes, swims and makes bread.

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@pauldunphy Sixteen wonderful years 💕

@pauldunphy Paul, I’m so sorry. Mindy was the most adorable little dog. You gave her the happiest life she could’ve had. Sending love. xx

I am awesome. That’s all. https://t.co/JjQs6GDNKa Nina Stibbe Retweeted

@IanDunt Yes. Admire and love, and grateful to @Femi_Sorry 💕

@booksellercrow @DrRoyWood Roy tho. ROY WOOD.
I’d now take Michael Hestletine over Roy Wood 🌍🤪

@DrRoyWood Oh no. 😔

@cawsmenyn 👍🏽👏🏽🙊😘💃🏻

@helennianias Ditto. But Clipper.

@helennianias When you rarely see it at home.

@Emmabarnett @StylistMagazine @bbc5live I had a panda as a child but lost her on holiday when I was too old to make a fuss or for anyone to care. So, secretly, I bought myself a tiny brown teddy bear (Honey)…

Apparently a third of British adults still sleep with a childhood soft toy.. @StylistMagazine has a striking front cover on this subject this week. Do you still have yours? Who bought them for you? Why can’t you let em go?… Nina Stibbe Retweeted

Jeannette Longworth

@JackieMorrisArt Thank you for this gift of a story. Thank you @Edgybooks for being a great bookshop! #readingmatters #Literature #icebear #stories @graffeg_books https://t.co/RCdhDUMWIt Nina Stibbe Retweeted

@jennycolgan @indiaknight @MarinaOLoughlin @laurenzcollins Same. Also there’s mint growing in the yard so bedtime tea is fresh mint 🍃

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Cover for the Italian edition of Paradise Lodge #CasaParadiso @libribompiani 🇮🇹💕 12 Comments

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Elevenses 💪🏽 4 Comments

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Peg & Alf 6 Comments

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Nina's Blog

The good nanny

My book Love, Nina: Despatches from Family Life is the letters I wrote to my sister when I was a live-in nanny to two boys in the 1980s. The book focuses mainly on my relationship with the family I lived with and …

Going home for Xmas

First published in Psychologies, January 2014 Until I had children of my own I almost always went home for Xmas to my mum and step-dad’s house in Leicestershire and so did my siblings, all 4 of them. So, right into our 20s …

Almost famous

First published in The Sunday Times, 10th Nov 2013 When I left Leicestershire in the 1980s, to become a nanny in London, the thing that most captivated my friends was the idea that I'd be forever bumping into famous people such as …

Not in front of the children

An edited version of this article was published in The Guardian, 10 November 2013 ‘We’ll have to stop swearing soon’, I said to my friend a few years ago as we watched our small children playing together. ‘I’ve given up,’ said my friend, ‘I …